Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA –- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or the “Company”), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has agreed to acquire the CombinatoRx service business (known as the combination high […]

Xuri™ IL-2 is a dedicated cell therapy ancillary product for the ex vivo cultivation of T-lymphocytes. Xuri IL-2’s defined level of biological activity removes the need for revalidation of each lot and strongly improves reproducibility, thereby minimizing process development time and improving scale out capacity. Xuri IL-2 features low endotoxin levels (

Billerica, Mass. — — Aushon BioSystems, a leading provider of products and services for multiplex quantitative detection of protein biomarkers, today announced that it has continued to build its patent portfolio with the issuance of three new patents. Two of the patents relate to technology innovations utilized in the fabrication of multiplex protein panels commercialized […]

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and FRANKFURT, GERMANY — GE Healthcare Life Sciences(NYSE: GE) and German oligonucleotide manufacturer BioSpring GmbH announced today that BioSpring has selected and installed GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ OligoProcess, a fully automated oligonucleotide synthesizer, as a core element of its state-of-the-art production facility in Frankfurt. Oligonucleotides are short sequences of DNA or […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-– Researchers at Thermal Gradient have achieved a major breakthrough in DNA testing. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a step that is required in virtually every molecular (DNA/RNA) diagnostic test and currently takes an hour or more to complete. Thermal Gradient performs this vital step in less than one minute in quarter-sized disposable devices […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Researchers can now simultaneously analyze samples for multiple genetic markers of interest in a single qPCR reaction with a set of new Life Technologies TaqMan multiplex reagents. The solutions are designed to reduce the cost of analysis and preserve starting material for applications such as plant genotyping or pathogen detection. “[In a clinical […]

Eagle, an expert provider of bioinformatics software and services across a wide range of the life science and other sectors, has won a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition which will see the company further develop its technology for genomic data management and analysis. The competition was funded by the Department of Health, through the […]

Wageningen, The Netherlands — Through a recently signed contract VHLGenetics, a leading European genomic and veterinary diagnostic concern with laboratories in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, has become a new reseller of innovative GeneSeek® genomic products. A recent agreement between VHLGenetics and Neogen provides VHLGenetics with access to the wide range of unique GeneSeek Genomic […]

Stortford, UK. — Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services to the academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, reported today that its premium data analysis and visualisation software, Vortex, is being used by university research groups in Thailand to further their scientific research in diverse fields. Dotmatics’ Vortex is designed to assist scientists […]

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of its XploreRNA™ app for advanced cross-database searches, easy interpretation of data and seamless planning of experiments. XploreRNA™ allows scientists engaged in transcription analysis to scroll any transcript, view splice sites, SNPs, and to zoom in on […]